the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A shelf that projects from the wall above a fireplace; a mantel.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See mantelpiece.
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n. shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
Word Usage
"Just in front of him on the mantlepiece was a photograph of his grandfather, old Jolyon, taken in his eighties — the last record of that old face, its broad brow, and white moustache, its sunken cheeks, deep, steady eyes, and strong jaw."